योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-114, verse-12

सरन्ति रत्नमूर्धानश्चलकानिलपायिनः ।
वानपूराः पर्वतकाः सर्पा इव नतोन्नतैः ॥ १२ ॥

saranti ratnamūrdhānaścalakānilapāyinaḥ ,
vānapūrāḥ parvatakāḥ sarpā iva natonnataiḥ 12

12. saranti ratnamūrdhānaḥ calakānilapāyinaḥ
vānapūrāḥ parvatakāḥ sarpāḥ iva natonnataiḥ

12. ratnamūrdhānaḥ vānapūrāḥ parvatakāḥ natonnataiḥ calakānilapāyinaḥ sarpāḥ iva saranti.

12. Forest-filling mountain streams, with sparkling jeweled crests, flow with undulations, just like swift, wind-drinking snakes (moving) over highs and lows.

Words meanings summery:

• सरन्ति (saranti) - They flow, they move, they run.

• रत्नमूर्धानः (ratnamūrdhānaḥ) - Having jeweled heads or crests, with sparkling summits.

• चलकानिलपायिनः (calakānilapāyinaḥ) - Swift, wind-drinking (an epithet for snakes).

• वानपूराः (vānapūrāḥ) - Forest streams; floods or fullness of forests.

• पर्वतकाः (parvatakāḥ) - Mountain streams. (Small mountains, mountain streams.)

• सर्पाः (sarpāḥ) - Snakes, serpents.

• इव (iva) - Like, as if, similar to.

• नतोन्नतैः (natonnataiḥ) - With ups and downs, with depressions and elevations, undulating.

Words meanings and morphology

सरन्ति (saranti) - They flow, they move, they run.

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of sṛ

Root: sṛ (class 1)

रत्नमूर्धानः (ratnamūrdhānaḥ) - Having jeweled heads or crests, with sparkling summits.

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ratnamūrdhan

ratnamūrdhan - Having a jeweled head or crest.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ratna+mūrdhan)

• ratna – Jewel, gem.
  noun (neuter)
• mūrdhan – Head, summit, crest.
  noun (masculine)

चलकानिलपायिनः (calakānilapāyinaḥ) - Swift, wind-drinking (an epithet for snakes).

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of calakānilapāyin

calakānilapāyin - Drinking moving wind, swift wind-drinker (often refers to snakes).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (calaka+anila+pāyin)

• calaka – Moving, swift, trembling; a kind of snake or fish.
  adjective (masculine)
• anila – Wind, air.
  noun (masculine)
• pāyin – Drinking, one who drinks (agent noun).
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun
  Derived from the root 'pā' (to drink).
  Root: pā (class 1)

वानपूराः (vānapūrāḥ) - Forest streams; floods or fullness of forests.

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vānapūra

vānapūra - Forest stream; filling a forest, flood of a forest.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vana+pūra)

• vana – Forest, wood, water.
  noun (neuter)
• pūra – Flood, stream, abundance, fullness.
  noun (masculine)

पर्वतकाः (parvatakāḥ) - Mountain streams. (Small mountains, mountain streams.)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of parvataka

parvataka - A small mountain, mountain range; a mountain stream.

सर्पाः (sarpāḥ) - Snakes, serpents.

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarpa

sarpa - Snake, serpent.

Root: sṛp (class 1)

इव (iva) - Like, as if, similar to.

(indeclinable)

नतोन्नतैः (natonnataiḥ) - With ups and downs, with depressions and elevations, undulating.

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of natonnata

natonnata - Depressed and elevated, sunk and risen, undulating.

Compound type : dvandva (nata+unnata)

• nata – Bowed, bent, depressed, low (past passive participle).
  adjective (masculine)
  past passive participle
  Derived from the root 'nam' (to bend, bow).
  Root: nam (class 1)
• unnata – Elevated, raised, high, prominent (past passive participle).
  adjective (masculine)
  past passive participle
  Derived from the root 'nam' (to bend, bow) with prefix 'ud'.
  Prefix: ud
  Root: nam (class 1)